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outlaw flyer

Post subject: bearings...

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:07 pm

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I wold like to know how long those mast bearings last?

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I.P. Freely

Post subject: Re: bearings...

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:35 am

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Location: Chicago

If properly seated mine lasts all season. For $1 or whatever they cost I put in a new one each spring. If I start seeing the edge of it coming up in the mast step I replace it, which happened one time. Otherwise I leave the mast up all summer and have only seen the chip worn through once or twice by October. I know a guy who just uses those teflon screw-on Coke bottle caps, but that seems extreme cheapness to me.

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outlaw flyer

Post subject: Re: bearings...

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:57 pm

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thank you for the info. now i know with this budget build i am doing i know how much to get.

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turbofan

Post subject: Re: bearings...

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:08 am

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Location: Hatteras Island, NC.

I usually get around a season out of them also. Keep spares, though! When I trailered regularly as opposed to keeping the mast up out back, I would forget to take them out and lose them now and then. Think just about every trailer sailor has lost a few of those!

Dave

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mmiller

Post subject: Re: bearings...

Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:11 am

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mmiller wrote:

Since 2004 we have modified the mast step cup to have a series of small dimples around the inside of the chip diameter. As the chip presses into the cup, they lock into the dimples. Works great!

How to do the chip keeper:

Stays in place even when trailering.

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